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hajami9's avatar
hajami9
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Search in a folder showing results from other folders

I'm trying to search for a specific file type in one of my online folders so that I can move them all to another folder. When I select the source folder and the wildcard in the search box, the resul...
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amzp
Helpful | Level 7
9 months ago

It's just files that used to be in the folder and underneath the path that they are in now, just as if I'd search in the parent folder. I fixed this issue by moving the folder somewhere else and then running the search again.

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Megan
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9 months ago

Got it amzp!

Happy to see that your issue is now resolved! 

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